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L. B. WHITE.

CABLE RAILWAY GAR.

No. 350,091. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

Zkvezzor:

afitorlaqys LEXVIS B. \VHTTE, OF NE\V YORK, N.

Y., ASSIG-NOR TO LEO)? ABBETT, OF

JERSEY CITY, NlfiV JERSEY.

CABLE- RAILWAY CAR.

SPESIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,091, dated September 28, 1886,

Application tiled l ehruary 6, 1586. Serial X1). 190,966. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

le it known that T, Lnwisl. \VHLTH, ofthe eity, county. and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and usel'ul .lnmrovemcnts in Cable-Railway Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cars propelled on cable railways by means of a eable that is gripped by a suitable grip on the car; and the object of my invention is to provide a device for hanging or holding the grip on the ear in such a manner that the strain produced by propelling the carby means ot' the cable does not affect the ear injuriously.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a part of a ear provided with my improvements, parts being broken out and others in section. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view efthe device shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are cross-sectional views of portions of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate eorrespending parts.

I sceure one or more rods or bars, A. on the under side of the car, a greater or less distance l'rom each othensaid rods being secured to crossheams ol' the car at or near the ends, or they may be seeured to blocks B,l"astencd to the under side ofthe ear at or near the ends. II' de sired, said bars or rods may be braced from the under side ot' the ear between the points at whieh they are fastened to the car or crosspieees. The grip-frame O is suspended. from said rod or rods,and may be pernuinentlv fixed on the same, or the griplrame maybe provided. with. one or more grooved rollers, D, which rest on the bars or rods A, and are adapted to run on the same. in this ease cushionsprings or other cushioning devices must be provided for the purpose of preventing the grip traveling too l'ar on the rod or rods A, and to prevent undue shocks or strains when gripping the cable. The cylinders E of the cushioning devices shown are suspended: l'rom the rod or rods A in such a manner that they cannot travel on the same in the direction of the length ofthe car, and each of which eylinders contains a piston, 1*, l'rom which apiston rod, G, projects through astufting-box in the end of the cylinder, said piston 'rods being connected with the opposite ends olthe grip-frame. \Vhen the cable .is gripped, the grip-frame is moved in the direction ol" the length of the car, and the air in the cylinders is eoinpressed, thus forming a cushion and preventing the car from receiving any undue shock or strain. Power is transmitted from the cable to the grip and from thegrip tothe cylinder-shy means of the pistonq'ods and piston, then to the bars or rods A, and .l'rom the. same to the crosspieees fastened to the car. Power is thus ap plied to the car at the ends where the same is supported by the trucks, and the center of the car is not subjected to any undue strains. The grip-frames usually have not sui'ticient weight to cause the rods or bars to sag, and if said frames are unusually heavy the height 01' the said rods or bars A can be increased, so as to increase the carrying-power ot' the same, and thus prevent saggin As the devices :l'or supporting the grip are only connected with the car at or near the ends, the sagging ot' the ear does not atlect the positi on ol' the gripthat is, the grip retains its position in relation to the distance above the cable, whether the ear is loaded or em t v.

Having thus described myinvcntion, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters ].atout 1. The combination, with a. car, of one or more rods or bars secured to the under side of the same,at or nearthe ends of the car, a gripl'rame having one or more rollers resting on said rods or bars, and of devices for limiting the movement of the grip on, said. rods or bars in the direction of the length 01' the ear, sub stantially as shown and described.

2. The combination,with a car, of one or more rods or bars held on the under side oft'he car, which. rods or bars are fastenedto the under side of the car, at or near the ends of the same, acable-grip supported by said rods, cylinders supported on the rods, pistons in the cylinders, and pistorrrods on the pistonspvhich piston-rods are conneetethvith the grip-l'rame, substantially as shown and described.

I The combination, with a car, o1:- one or more rods or bars held on the under side of the same, a cable-grip frame having one or more rollers running on said rods or bars, and of cushioning devices supported and held by the rods, substantially as herein shown and described. i

4. The combination, with a car, of one or 5 more rods 01- bars provided at the under side of the same,and fastened to the car, at or near the ends of the some, a cablegi-ip, one ornioi'e rollers on the frame of said cable-grip, which rollers rest on said rods or bars, pistonqrods o projecting from the frame oftlle cable-gripgind pistons on the PlSfOli-IOClS, and cylinders in which said pistons work, substantially as set forth. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presr5 ence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS B. XVHITE. A XVitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, MARTIN D. VAN BUREN. 

